Hay-rake.



M. 0.. NIXON.

HAY RAKE APPLICATION FILED FEB.6,1911. 1,120,401.

RENEWED SEPT. 5. 1914.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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MOSES G. NIXON, OF LIMA, OHIO.

HAY-RAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 191 1.

Application filed Februaryfi, 1911, Serial No. 606,849. Renewed September 5, 191.4. Serial No. 860,467.

To all "whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Moses C. NIXON, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Rakes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to what isknown as side-delivery hay rakes, the object being to provide a mechanism which will improve the operation and efficiency of the machine; and consists, preferably, in the construction hereinafter described which may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Figure 1-is a plan view of a hay rake provided with my invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged end view of frame, showing mechanism for maintaining the rake teethin a dependent position, and Fig. 3, a side elevation of the same.

Referring tothe drawings, 1 is the axle, 2, 2 the supporting wheels which are connected to the axle by suitable differential connections contained within the hubs 3, 3 of the wheels. Side bars 4- and 5 are loosely secured to axle 1 and project rearwardly from the axle, their outer extremities being connected to frame 6. The forward corner of the frame is also connected to the axle in a similar manner by connection 7, a bar 8, which is parallel to the axle 1, being secured to bar 1- and corner of frame 6. Frame 6 is disposed diagonally to the line of draft of the machine, so as to enable the teeth to deliver the hay at one side of the machine. Frame 6 is composed of side bars 8, 9 and end bars 10, 11. A suitable caster wheel 12 is mounted on bar 9 to support the frame at its rear side. The usual straps or rods 13 fixed to side bars 8, 9, serve to prevent the hay from winding about the tooth carrying shafts or bars 1 1.

A casting 16 is secured to the intermediate portion of end bar 11 of frame 6 and carries a forwardly projecting pivot 17, the pivot being secured to the casting in any suitable manner, as by pin 18, or it may be formed integral with the casting. An idler spider 19 is loosely mounted on pivot 17 and adjacent the inner face of the spider is a. depending bracket 20, which is secured to pivot 17 by suitable means, as by pin 21. The lower portion of bracket 20 serves as a bearing for one end of reelshaft 22. The

opposite end of reel shaft 22 is supported in a suitable bearing 23, which is mounted oncnd bar 10 of frame 6.

A spider 2-1 is secured to reel shaft 22 ad jacent to bracket :20, the arms 2 1 of which are the same length as arms 19 of spider 19. A similar spider 25 is secured to reel shaft 22 at its forward extremity and adjacent end bar 10. Loosely supported in the outer extremities of corresponding arms of spiders 21 and are teeth carrying shafts or bars 14-, the teeth 15 being secured to the shafts or bars in a depending position in any suitable manner. The rear end of each shaft 1st is provided with a crank 26 which is loosely connected to the outer end of the corresponding arm 19' of idler spider 19.

The forward extremity of reel shaft 22 is provided with a bevel pinion 97 which is adapted to mesh with a bevel gear 28 which is secured to axle 1.

The forward movement of the machine rotates reel shaft 22 by means of gear 28 and pinion 27.

teeth carrying shafts 1+1. Since the. rear ends of the latter shafts have a cranked connection to idler spider 19, which spider is eccentrinlly mounted relative to spiders 91, and the arms of which are equal in length to that of the arms of spiders 2%, '25, the spider 19 is also rotated on pivot 17, thereby compelling the teeth 15 to always remain in a dependent vertical position in the well understood manner.

For clearness and convenience it is explained the term "outside in reference to pivot as used in the claims means, a plane laid lengthwise with bearings and outside the periphery of the pivot of the idler spider.

What I claim is:

1. In a rotary hay-rake of that type embodying an idler spider cccentricallymounted with relation to the rake axis, and connected by cranks with the teeth carrying bars for maintaining the teeth in position, the combination of a frame. a pivot for said idler spider mounted on said frame, a bearing connected with and arried by said pivot eccentric thereto and outside the circumference thereof, a rotary rake structure rigidly secured to and supported on a revoluble shaft, said shaft journaled at one end in I The rotation of the shaft carries with 1t spiders and 25 and also said bearing supported on said pivot and at the other end in a bearing carried by said frame, substantially as set forth.

2. In a rotary side-delivery hay-rake havthe circumference thereof, a rotary rake structure, a shaft carrying said rake struc- 'ture rigidly secured thereto and journaled at one end in said bearing and at the other end in another bearing carried on the other end of the frame, substantially as set forth. 3. A hay rake having a frame diagonally disposed to the line of draft, a pivot carried Copies of this patent may be obtained for by said frame and having'an idler spider revolubly mounted thereon, a bearing connected With and carried by said pivot eccentric thereto and outside the circumference thereof, a rotatable structure having journals rigidly secured thereto and carrying rake teeth, one of said journals being revolubly mounted in said bearing and the other journal in a bearing carried by said frame, and means connecting said spider and teeth whereby the position of the latter is controlled.

In Witness whereof I hereunto sign my name this tth day of February, 1911.

MOSES O. NIXON. Witnesses:

(1- F. l VERNER, A. J. SULLIVAN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

